Review: The Game - Scott Kershaw

Review: The Game - Scott Kershaw - May 2022

One of my favourite genres is thrillers and I loved the whole "game/ revenge" type reads. This book starts with our five players having someone they love kidnapped. They are each thrown into a world known as "The Game" and given coordinates to a place in the UK.  Two of them are from the UK, two are from the US, and one is from France. We have Maggie whose son Jackson has been kidnapped, Sarah whose daughter Hannah, Linda with her daughter Alyssa, Brett whose best friend Craig is among those kidnapped, and lastly Noah's fiancée Sofia. Each person has no idea why their loved ones have been taken. The group ends up in the backwoods of England in a small inn called The Gamekeeper's Inn and is given clues to find their loved ones. The group must work as a team to get across the line otherwise if they don't make their deadlines, their loved ones will be killed. The final clue leads them to Player #6 who holds the key to the game and we learn that all the characters have a connection to Player #6 in one way or another and that this game was a game of revenge for one of the players, but which player is holding all the cards and will their loved ones be safe as people from both the kidnapped ones and the players will be killed before the night is out. I have to admit I did like this book overall but felt that the ending fell flat for me as we had this amazing build-up and then nothing.
If you love revenge books and scavenger hunts, then The Game by Scott Kershaw is the read for you.

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